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Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Brakosochetanie (shiv"a barakhut)

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Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Brakosochetanie (shiv"a barakhut)

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Photograph shows a Jewish wedding ceremony. Bride and groom are in the center, with a tallit over their heads. The bride wears a burqua.

A comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan.

Jewish types from the ethnographical part of Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan, the album is in four parts spanning six volumes including the photographs show individuals representing the different peoples of the region.

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01/01/1865
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